NETHERLANDS/AmsterdamGreenpeace
We said it was only a matter of time, and it seems we were right. Another tanker carrying 55,000 tonnes of fuel oil ran aground in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda Wednesday night.
On Monday around noon the Princess Pia was successfully tugged off the sea bottom in Klaipeda port. Port services reported that no leakage of fuel oil have been noticed.
Much further south, off the coast of Spain, the Prestige, which broke up and sank a month ago, continues to leak oil, as much as 125 tonnes every day.
Princess Pia was on route from Spain to Klaipeda and only 43 metres from the breakwater when making a turn, the ship went out of control for an unknown reason and ran aground reported the port's harbourmaster. The weather
Much further south, off the coast of Spain, the Prestige, which broke up and sank a month ago, continues to leak oil, as much as 125 tonnes every day.
Princess Pia was on route from Spain to Klaipeda and only 43 metres from the breakwater when making a turn, the ship went out of control for an unknown reason and ran aground reported the port's harbourmaster. The weather
conditions were fair with poor visability. The Princess Pia is registered to Panama, a country well known for offering flags of convenience which allows ships to profit from less restrictive regulations. It is a tanker with a double bottom and has already been involved in two accidents, one being a collision in La Plata, Argentina where it spilled two tonnes of oil.
The fate of the Princess Pia and the surrounding ecology is still not fully known, but the Prestige which continues to blacken Spain's northern coast offers a glimpse of the risks involved with such dangerous shipments.
The fate of the Princess Pia and the surrounding ecology is still not fully known, but the Prestige which continues to blacken Spain's northern coast offers a glimpse of the risks involved with such dangerous shipments.